The agency told the doctor to have his patient de-wormed by way of some special medication that kills the parasite. Dr. Patricia Quinlisk, medical director at the Iowa Department of Public Health, recounted the incident in an e-mail to public-health workers Thursday. “Ingesting tapeworms is extremely risky and can cause a wide range of undesirable side effects, including rare deaths,” Quinlisk wrote, according to the Des Moines Register. “Those desiring to lose weight are advised to stick with proven weight loss methods; consuming fewer calories and increasing physical activity.” Tapeworms are parasites that can afflict humans who eat undercooked meat. “One tapeworm can’t absorb enough food and nutrients to make a big difference in weight… the parasite can cause anemia and malnutrition,” USA Today noted. According to i09, other symptoms of tapeworm infestation include having pieces of them stick out of your mouth after a cesarean section, followed by a “burning sensation” after you pull the four-foot long sucker out.

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So here’s what I don’t understand. I read this article and all I got out of it is that if you’re going to do the tapeworm diet you need to eat multiple tapeworms and it may cause rare death, which is really no different than walking outside or doing anything for that matter. Getting hit by a bus or lightning is a rare death. So what’s the difference? You can look skinny and hot and maybe die or be fat and gross and also maybe die? That doesn’t seem too difficult of a decision to me, and as someone who has recently put on quite a few lbs, I’m thinking this may be the next fad diet. Maybe a bro show? Who can eat the most tapeworms in an hour and get the sexiest? Bloggers with tapeworm 6 packs, would almost be unfair to the rest of the world.

Also, if we’re being perfectly honest, any guy who calls this lady a moron is a hypocrite. A fat chick risking her life to try and get skinny and sexy is probably the coolest thing a woman can do.